What Our Interests In The Region Did Today

(”War is Peace. Hate is Love. Slavery is Freedom. 2+2=5.” Bush says “For the sake of peace, the world must not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon.” Iran isn’t attempting to get a nuke. They aren’t bombing the Green Zone. Israel wanted us to go after Iran before we went after Iraq, according to neocon insiders. Iran is a democracy; their President was elected (unlike ours). Iran has a massive army, and will garner regional and international support were we to attack. And in the face of all this, President Bush thinks the way to “peace” is to bomb Iran. He is unstable and MUST be removed from office. Impeach now.)

Bush: Unforgivable to Let Iran Get Nukes

AP Story here.

JERUSALEM - President Bush on Thursday criticized the deadly tactics of extremist groups like al-Qaida, Hezbollah and Hamas and said he looks toward the day when Muslims “recognize the emptiness of the terrorists’ vision and the injustice of their cause.”

In a speech prepared for delivery the Knesset, or parliament, Bush pledged that the United States has an unbreakable bond with Israel.

Racist Uses His Free Speech Right; Let’s Use Ours

Mike Norman of Marietta, Georgia owns a bar called Mulligan’s. He and his clientele have been selling shirts that portray the vilest and most despicable kind of racist rhetoric that I have seen in my life.

But, of course, he has the right to do so in America. But then again, so do we.

For those of you that are interested:

Mulligans

698 Roswell St Se
Marietta, GA 30060 Map

(770) 499-1137

***update*** LOOK WHAT SIMON FOUND Mulligans YELP listing! Thanks Simon.

  http://www.yelp.com/biz/mulligans-marietta 

This is Mike Norman, the life-time conservative owner of the bar and designer of the shirts, who stands by his shirts saying:

 ”It’s not racist. It just looks like him.”

That’s your free speech right buddy. Now it’s our turn.

See the CNN video here.

On several sites, there seems to be a question as to what kind of sheltered life I have led if this is the most offensive act of racism I have seen.

let’s put this into perspective, shall we?

We live in a country that exploited slaves for centuries.

We just recently passed a civil rights act to protect the freedoms of black people and minorities.

Now, young people, of all races, and older people who lived through the riots and the segregation of the ’50’s and ’60’s, all share a moment in history: the nomination of a African American to be the Democratic Candidate for the office of President of the United States of America. The highest office in the land.

And this man, for whatever reason, takes the time to design, contract, ship, open, and displays shirts that reflect the absolute worst possible racist slander he could imagine, toward that very same history making candidate.

It is his fear of a black president that created this shirt. His kind of racist bigotry should never be ignored. We must expose it where we find it and call it out for what it is. Lest we forget the lesson of Harold Ford and that now famous tv ad his rivals ran.

(alright, I took “white trash” out of the title. I am related to one of the commenters who didn’t like it.)

Another Suspect Kicked And Beaten, And the Press tries to Justify It

By Scott Creighton

 

The tyranny you impose abroad will return to you.

The police in this situation, again, over-reacted. After being tased, 26-year-old Felipe Alvarado, still on his hands and knees, received 4 kicks to the stomach and face before finally being pounced upon with the old “flying knees in the back and kidneys” technique (gaining popularity because the press never mentions it). But that wasn’t the end of the kicks.

“You Need to be Concerned About Iran. We Are…” GWB

from News Nine MSN, here.

US President George W Bush has called Iran the “single biggest threat” to peace in the Middle East ahead of a visit to the region centred on celebrations of Israel’s 60th anniversary.

“To me it’s the single biggest threat to peace in the Middle East, the Iranian regime,” because of its nuclear program and its support of groups like the Lebanese Hezbollah militia, Bush told Israel’s Channel 10.

Too Little, Too Late: Conyers Attempt at Redemption

by Scott Creighton (with the entire text of John Conyers May 8th letter to President Bush threatening impeachment)

John Conyers has been sitting on Kucinich’s impeachment resolution of Dick Cheney for many months now. In a video interview he gave, he tried to explain that his reasoning for doing so was to assure an obama victory in Nov.

Many people, such as David Swanson of AfterDowningStreet, urged him not to wait. That giving Cheney more time to construct his criminal empire in the Middle East was morally and legally irresponsible, considering his oath of office to protect and defend the constitution of the United States.

Now Conyers is concerned that Bush and company will do the unthinkable; launch a military strike against Iran before the Nov. elections and I fear his empty threat comes way too late to serve as anything more than a pathetic PR stunt. But there is always hope.

The Bet

by Scott Creighton

During a roadtrip from New Orleans to a jobsite just outside Baton Rouge, I and a client of mine, had occasion to talk about many things. He is an educated business owner, too caught up in business and the business of life to delve into researching all the news that The News isn’t reporting anymore.

That’s the domain of people like me, I suppose. My lot in life as reward for a lifetime of ill-conceived transgressions.

A Little Reminder For Dana Perino…

The History Channel did a story on the Anthrax attacks. Then, it seems, the story went cold, for some reason…. Yes Dana, there have been other “terrorist” attacks on U.S. soil since 9/11.

The problem is… the evidence led back to the Pentagon.

Thanks to links2zelda over at 9/11 Blogger, for pointing this out.

Another Masterful Stroke of Political Maneuvering

by Scott Creighton

Say what you will about the democratic leadership in congress right now, but they are damn crafty.

At first glance one would think that tying the new GI Bill to the War Funding Package would be a noble effort on their behalf. You would be wrong. (Don’t forget, this is a life-long democrat writing this)

Remember the whole “support the troops” mantra that really translated to “support the illegal occupation of a foreign nation as a resource grab because Dick Cheney and Douglas Feith say so”? Well, Nancy and Harry have managed to turn the tables, yet again, …on us.

Revisionist History; How Spin Works, with Dana Perino

by Scott Creighton

In a recent video, found on 911Blogger, here, a young journalism student asks White House Spokesperson Dana Perino, some questions about the seriously flawed 9/11 Commission.

If you go watch the short film, you will see that the film-maker backs up the young man’s claims with clips of cited MSM news reports lifted from CNN and the New York Times, as well as others.

 

But that isn’t why I call your attention to this piece.

Taking a Stand Against War

(The Chicago City Council is preparing a resolution against attacking Iran. Scott Ritter, a Middle East expert and former UN Weapons Inspector for 12 years, has been asked to serve as a witness. Ritter’s first hand experience with Iraq and Iran and their weapons programs makes him someone we should listen to when he testifies as to the threat posed by these two countries. His experience with the war-mongers in the Administration makes him someone we should listen to when he says this administration is going to attack Iran, no matter what.)

By Scott Ritter  from TruthDig, here.

As someone who has been urging focused citizen activism for some time now, I find it heartening that there are those in the United States who put action to words and seek to lead by example. This is the case with Chicago Alderman Joe Moore, who, together with seven of his 49 colleagues (Toni Preckwinkle, Sandi Jackson, Eugene Schulter, Robert Fioretti, Freddrenna Lyle, Ricardo Munoz and Mary Ann Smith), has prepared a resolution for the Chicago City Council opposing war on Iran. By itself, this resolution most probably will not serve to alter the policies currently being pursued by the Bush administration. But when a great American city such as Chicago takes the lead in expressing its rejection of irresponsible national policy, other cities should, and will, take notice.